Meagan Cignoli is an American photographer, filmmaker, and
businessperson who is the founder and creative director of Visual
Country, a video production agency. Cignoli was a Vine personality,
accumulating around 750,000 followers before the platform was shut
down. She was known for her stop-motion videos, and created ad
campaigns in that style for brands like Lowe's, GE, and eBay.Cignoli
was born and raised in Suffolk County, New York. When she turned 18,
she started traveling around the world to locales like Thailand and
India. In 1999, she moved to New York City to study fashion design at
the Fashion Institute of Technology. She studied photography at the
School of Visual Arts and the International Center of Photography. She
later studied fine arts at Polimoda in Italy and Spanish at the
University of Havana in Cuba. After a year in Cuba, she began studying
French.Cignoli began her career as a freelance photographer, working
in fashion, advertising, and portraiture. She first gained a following
largely through her stop-motion videos on the six-second video-hosting
platform, Vine, in early 2013. Two of her videos were finalists in the
"#6secfilms Vine contest" at the Tribeca Film Festival that year. One
of her first prominent projects came in May 2013 when she partnered
with BBDO and Lowe's on the latter's "Fix in Six" ad campaign on Vine.
The campaign featured a series of stop-motion videos depicting
six-second home improvement tips. Cignoli also became involved with
marketing aspects of numerous other brands, including Nike, HBO, BMW,
YSL, and others. The Lowe's project earned Cignoli numerous awards
including a Bronze Cyber Lion at the Cannes Film Festival and a Silver
Clio.
businessperson who is the founder and creative director of Visual
Country, a video production agency. Cignoli was a Vine personality,
accumulating around 750,000 followers before the platform was shut
down. She was known for her stop-motion videos, and created ad
campaigns in that style for brands like Lowe's, GE, and eBay.Cignoli
was born and raised in Suffolk County, New York. When she turned 18,
she started traveling around the world to locales like Thailand and
India. In 1999, she moved to New York City to study fashion design at
the Fashion Institute of Technology. She studied photography at the
School of Visual Arts and the International Center of Photography. She
later studied fine arts at Polimoda in Italy and Spanish at the
University of Havana in Cuba. After a year in Cuba, she began studying
French.Cignoli began her career as a freelance photographer, working
in fashion, advertising, and portraiture. She first gained a following
largely through her stop-motion videos on the six-second video-hosting
platform, Vine, in early 2013. Two of her videos were finalists in the
"#6secfilms Vine contest" at the Tribeca Film Festival that year. One
of her first prominent projects came in May 2013 when she partnered
with BBDO and Lowe's on the latter's "Fix in Six" ad campaign on Vine.
The campaign featured a series of stop-motion videos depicting
six-second home improvement tips. Cignoli also became involved with
marketing aspects of numerous other brands, including Nike, HBO, BMW,
YSL, and others. The Lowe's project earned Cignoli numerous awards
including a Bronze Cyber Lion at the Cannes Film Festival and a Silver
Clio.
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